Verizon to cut 201 jobs in N.J.

7:08 PM,
Jan. 17, 2013

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Verizon Communications Inc. will lay off 201 technicians statewide on Feb. 6, a union representative said, as part of the company's shift to fiber optic and wireless services.

Ed Cocliff, a business agent at Local 827 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, said the company continues to downsize even though it has plenty of work rebuilding an infrastructure that was decimated by superstorm Sandy.

"These layoffs are not needed," Cocliff said. "We have enough work to cover every one of them." ...